Guest guest Posted August 30, 2005 Report Share Posted August 30, 2005 Their argument is that it's how she performed on standardized testing. The own test givers sat in the meeting and said, " She got X wrong, but I *know* she knows this, she just didn't answer it the way she needed to. " My point with them has been if they are measuring her ability to perform, then count it, but if they are measuring her knowledge, which is supposedly the gist of the testing, then it's invalid because we have years of data from observation and other testing that shows she clearly has more knowledge and abilities than given one opporutinity for a test whose standardization is based on nt children. Debi > Debi, I haven't been following the emails very well due to my little one having croup but... I agree, how does that sound like a 3 year old academically?? My aunt is a 1st grade teacher here and is sooooo impressed by the academics that nna knows and they sound very similar to Allie. Hang in there!! > Jen > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 30, 2005 Report Share Posted August 30, 2005 Their argument is that it's how she performed on standardized testing. The own test givers sat in the meeting and said, " She got X wrong, but I *know* she knows this, she just didn't answer it the way she needed to. " My point with them has been if they are measuring her ability to perform, then count it, but if they are measuring her knowledge, which is supposedly the gist of the testing, then it's invalid because we have years of data from observation and other testing that shows she clearly has more knowledge and abilities than given one opporutinity for a test whose standardization is based on nt children. Debi > Debi, I haven't been following the emails very well due to my little one having croup but... I agree, how does that sound like a 3 year old academically?? My aunt is a 1st grade teacher here and is sooooo impressed by the academics that nna knows and they sound very similar to Allie. Hang in there!! > Jen > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 30, 2005 Report Share Posted August 30, 2005 I'm happy for your Missy. That's how it should be-all kids have potential. And with autism it's especially hard to make predictions when children are young, or to know what they can and can't do, or will and won't be able to do... Low expectations bother me, for any child. Our future deserves better. Kassiane > > > > Yes sometimes I to feel I to be the only one who to > understands of my > > > > Aimee and few do take the time to see her reactions for what > they are > > > > to be. I to love her greatly but she is verbally a real > challenge for > > > > me because her ways in words can be to be too fast and direct > that I > > > > to lack processing quick enough to keep up to her thinking and > it > > > > usually ends in battles of ability levels between us. > > > > Sondra Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 31, 2005 Report Share Posted August 31, 2005 Amen, Kassi. I have a friend fighting for her 6 yr old daughter's (she has autism) education. The admin actually wants her placed in a medically-fragile classroom with 7-8 children who's IEP has goals like " will lay on bed for x hrs " . They are essentially, to our eyes, vegetative. I told my friend I wonder why, even if the child might have no seeming responses, why they aren't having goals of showing them letters and going through phonics lessons. So they they show no outward sign of comprehension, *what if* they were really comprehending and learning to read? *What if* you could place books in front of a person who can't otherwise communicate and they could learn to read and read? How wonderful a gift would that be for someone whose body won't work for them? I know if it were me in that situation I wouldn't want anyone to give up on my ability. Debi > I'm happy for your Missy. That's how it should be-all kids have potential. And with autism > it's especially hard to make predictions when children are young, or to know what they can > and can't do, or will and won't be able to do... > Low expectations bother me, for any child. Our future deserves better. > > Kassiane Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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